West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue first to achieve award for equality and diversity

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has become the first fire and rescue service to achieve the Excellence Standard for its equality and diversity work under the Fire and Rescue Services Equality...

Equality: Unconscious bias and the mini-me syndrome

Mini-me syndrome is a social phenomena where executives and others in the recruitment process choose employees and successors who are similar to themselves - often in age, style, industry experience...

Diversity strategies will suffer in Government's drive for public-sector efficiency

Government budget cuts put diversity strategies at risk, according to an equality think tank.

Government organisations to have access to a diversity monitor to help them understand ethnic group needs

Experian Public Sector has launched a diversity monitor to provide government organisations with a more detailed understanding of ethnicity among citizens and public-sector employees.

New Government benchmarking tool enables firms to measure their success in tackling inequality

The Government has a new benchmarking and improvement tool to help businesses better understand equality legislation and set them on a path towards best practice.

FTSE 100 falls behind the diversity trend: leaders are still largely British, male and 45-plus

Diversity strategies are still lacking in the FSTE 100, new research reveals.

FTSE 100 falls behind the diversity trend: leaders are still largely British, male and 45-plus

Diversity strategies are still lacking in the FSTE 100, new research reveals.

Stonewall conference speakers agree workplace diversity makes good business sense

Business leaders have called on employers to keep a focus on diversity in the workplace.

Employers are missing out by not building diversity into their talent management strategies, says CIPD

Employers are not up to speed with threading diversity through talent management strategies and are missing out on the benefits of accessing and developing talent from the widest possible pool,...

Jewish police officers and staff to have their own Positive Action Leadership Programme

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) is running the first ever Positive Action Leadership Programme specifically for Jewish police officers and staff this week.

Civil Service "more diverse than ever before", according to new report

The Civil Service is more diverse than ever before, according to a new report.

BT ends 2009 as top employer for diversity

BT has just scooped joint-first place from the Employers Forum on Disability for meeting its disability benchmark, meaning the telecoms company ends the year having gained first place for diversity...